CoRoMo
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I know there's even been bouts of smuggling with our currently deployed guys. It's really just a risk that I couldn't possibly take, but I think a lot of them don't really know how big a risk it is that they are taking.
A cursory examination and function check should tell you something's up... not to mention the fact that it says "M2" and not "M1".
In reality, it would be a moot point because it would be fairly simple to check for full auto functionality (check chamber, pull bolt out of battery, hold trigger back, drop bolt, if the hammer drops, steer clear) before purchasing.
Only if you have no concept of what an autoloader is.It may be necessary to develop a different check.
A cursory examination and function check should tell you something's up... not to mention the fact that it says "M2" and not "M1".
A M-2 Carbine is always a MG, whether or not it can fire full-auto, and there are plenty of them floating around out there.
Simply adjusting it so it doesn't go "rock-n-roll" doesn't change the ATF's definition of that weapon as an unregistered machine gun.
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The reason I'm surprised stems from all the M2 Carbines out there, but switched to semi-auto status.
A M-2 Carbine is always a MG, whether or not it can fire full-auto, and there are plenty of them floating around out there.
Whatever parts needs destroyed, I'd sooner do it myself than be identified, on record, as turning in an illegal arm to some amnesty program. Maybe it's the tinfoil hat, but that seems to me like getting on the radar. If I know which parts need destroyed, the cutting torch should make quick work of something no bigger than that.
Notice the thread title is "A question of Morality", not "A question of unconstitutional laws that create victimless crimes"wouldn't you be destroying evidence of a crime?
Scary how, exactly?Scary thought, eh?
Scary in that there are things out there for sale that look and act just like legal "Title I" firearms but which can land you in federal prison for 10 years if you don't have the higher level of knowledge needed to avoid them. That's scary enough for me.Scary how, exactly?
Uh...yeah. I doubt that, either. Since when does the legal status (or even mechanical operating characteristics) of a weapon have ANYTHING to do with whether someone would commit mass murder?I highly doubt someone is just biding their time until they get an unregistered machine-gun to shoot up a school.
Kind of depends on who you ask. Or at least on your point of view. Statisticians and some lawyers like to point out that there are so many tens of thousands (millions?) of laws on the books that it is statistically impossible for anyone to steer clear of violating some of them at some point. The truth or hyperbole of that statement is also probably difficult to prove!Are we a nation of citizens or a nation of pre-criminals?
A novel idea. Any thoughts on how to get rid of them?These infringements have got to go.
Where it says "M2" on the receiver is the first clueI'm not expert enough to know if it was a M2 type originally.
OH man what a piece of history, so since the barrel is marked M-2 even if you swap with a semi auto only receiver its still a MG?